" Laxus, the Mage of Fairy Tail."
Laxus arrogantly surveyed the room, his gaze finally settling on the key in Byro's hand.
"I didn't give you permission to use that thing."
Byro's expression changed drastically; he recognized the man at a glance.
"You're the monster who defeated Nadi in the square!"
Byro quickly retreated, waving his baton forcefully with both hands.
"Kill him!"
Laxus sneered, without even raising a hand.
"Crack!"
A thick bolt of golden lightning struck down from the ceiling, hitting Byro squarely on the right leg.
"Ah!"
Byro let out a shrill scream as his right leg instantly turned black and he collapsed to his knees with a thud.
"Asshole!"
Despite the pain, Byro pulled a glass bottle filled with red liquid from his pocket and smashed it forcefully against Laxus.
The glass bottle shattered, and the scorching hot liquid instantly engulfed Laxus.
"Hahahaha! Burn them to death!" Byro laughed maniacally.
However, the flames died down.
Laxus stood still, not even a scorch mark on the edges of his clothes.
He casually brushed the dust off his shoulders, his eyes full of disdain.
"At this temperature, it's not even as warm as a sneeze from that idiot Natsu."
Byro's laughter stopped abruptly, and he was horrified.
He gritted his teeth, quickly pulled out another bottle filled with black liquid from his waist, decisively uncorked it, and drank the liquid in one gulp.
"You forced me to do this!"
Byro let out a painful roar.
His body began to expand and deform in a bizarre way. In just a few seconds, he transformed into a gigantic black octopus monster, his thick tentacles smashing the control room's equipment to pieces.
"My skin is now completely immune to magical attacks!"
The octopus monster let out a deep the Roar.
"Your lightning has no effect on me!"
Just as Laxus was about to make his move.
The two stopped what they were doing at the same time and turned to look out the window in perfect unison.
A terrifying, seemingly world-destroying magical energy was surging wildly from the depths of the royal palace.
The magic was so immense that it even made the air thick and sticky.
Upon Byro this magic, Bairo's deformed monster face erupted with fanatical excitement.
"It's Troma Arnim!"
Byro was so excited that he trembled all over.
"His Majesty the King has finally activated Troma Arnim! You rats of Earth-land will all die a horrible death!"
Upon hearing this name, Coco, who was being held down on the ground, immediately stopped struggling, her little face filled with utter despair.
"Troma Arnim... How could this happen... The kingdom is going to be completely destroyed..."
At this moment, in the sky outside the royal palace.
Lu Chongwei had just finished dealing with the last Legion and was preparing to fly directly to the top floor of the palace to settle accounts with Faust.
Sudden.
"Boom--!!!"
The front wall of the palace was smashed to pieces by the immense force.
Countless enormous stones shot out violently.
From the smoke and dust, a massive, dragon-shaped mech made entirely of an unknown black metal burst forth.
This mecha has a ferocious appearance and exudes a suffocating sense of magical oppression.
Its jumping power is astonishing. With just a powerful push from its legs, its massive body soars into the sky in a manner defying the laws of physics, like a raptor locking onto its prey, heading straight for Lu Chongwei in mid -Lu Chongwei air.
" Lu Chongwei! Get out of the way!"
Nancy was so frightened that her fur stood on end. She frantically flapped her little wings, trying to carry Lu Chongwei away from the terrifying impact.
However, that metal dragon-shaped mech was too fast.
It was so fast that Nancy didn't even have time to change direction.
The mecha's massive metal fist, accompanied by a piercing sonic boom that cut through the air, slammed down on Lu Chongwei's head.
Lu Chongwei's gaze sharpened, and he swiftly drew Ryujin Jakka with his right hand, holding the blade horizontally in front of him.
"Bang--!!!"
A terrifying impact force erupted.
As if struck by a meteor, Lu Chongwei plummeted from the sky and crashed heavily onto the hard plaza in front of the palace.
"Boom!"
The earth trembled violently, and a huge crater instantly formed, with billowing dust rising into the sky and burying everything within it.
" Lu Chongwei!"
Nancy screamed in mid-air, tears streaming down her face.
It closed its eyes in despair.
An impact of that magnitude would make it impossible for anyone to survive.
A few seconds later.
The strong wind dispersed the dust and smoke in the square.
Nancy cautiously opened her eyes and looked at the deep pit.
The next second, its golden eyes widened and its mouth gaped open.
In the deep pit.
The enormous metal fist was pressed firmly against the ground.
And between the fist and the ground.
Lu Chongwei gripped the hilt of the Ryujin Jakka sword with one hand, the blade firmly pressed against the bottom of the giant metal fist.
His black overcoat didn't have a single wrinkle, and his back was ramrod straight.
It withstood this devastating punch without sustaining a single injury.
Deep within the palace's control room, piercing alarms blared in every corner.
Byro's black octopus-like body, resembling a hill, filled the entire control room.
Thick tentacles lashed wildly in mid-air, smashing the surrounding sophisticated magical instruments to Crush, sending sparks flying everywhere.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Byro's face, twisted on the octopus's head, erupted into a shrill, maniacal laugh.
He looked down at Laxus, who was standing in the doorway, his eyes filled with a morbid fanaticism.
" Laxus! You Earth-land fool! What do you think you can stop?"
Byro swung a thick tentacle and slammed it hard against the metal wall, creating a huge dent.
"Troma Arnim has been activated! It's the kingdom's most powerful ultimate weapon! It's a true Dragon Knight! Once it's unleashed, it will drain most of the world's magic! You will all die! Every rat in Earth-land will perish!"
He became more and more excited as he spoke, his huge body trembling violently with extreme ecstasy, already envisioning Laxus being crushed into a pulp.
Coco, pinned to the corner, trembled with fear, her face pale, tears welling in her eyes.
She never imagined that the usually strict vice-captain would turn into such a complete madman.
However, in the face of Byro's arrogant shouts, Laxus simply picked at his ear casually.
His cold, hard face furrowed, his eyes filled with disdain.
"So noisy."
Laxus uttered three words.
He didn't take Byro's harsh words seriously at all, and didn't even move his feet.
"Arrogant! Die!"
Byro flew into a rage, and a dozen thick black tentacles, like venomous snakes emerging from their holes, hurtled towards Laxus from all directions with a terrifying whooshing sound.